35 new COVID cases confirmed by region Thursday - KitchenerToday.com

Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 35 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. 34 were added to the overall total due to a revision.

It's the highest case count since July 9. On that day, there were 43 new cases.

The overall total is now 19,347.

The active caseload is up to 204.

Hospitalizations are unchanged. Eight people are receiving treatment for the virus in a local hospital --- six are in intensive care.

81 per cent of residents 12 and over are now fully vaccinated. Over 87 per cent of eligible residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine, which works out to over 857,000 doses. 

Here are some other updates from the region's COVID summary dashboard: 

• 6,095 cases have screened positive for variants of concern - 3,128 are the Alpha variant (first found in U.K.) - 21 are linked to the Beta variant (first detected in South Africa) - 2,586 are linked to the Delta strain (first located in India) - 98 are linked to the Gamma variant (first found in Brazil) - 262 cases where a mutation has been detected 
• 18,846 resolved cases (97 per cent)
• The local death toll remains at 293. No new deaths were reported Thursday
• Over 579,000 tests have been done

There are five active outbreaks in the region. Four are in workplaces:

• NEW St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School (2 cases)
• Construction 17 (2 cases)
• Trades and related services 22 (2 cases)
• Pluto Day Care (2 cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 41 (7 cases)

Meantime, the province reported 864 cases Thursday --- 533 were unvaccinated. 

The rest of the provincial COVID-19 totals are posted below:

• 79 per cent of those 12 and over have been fully vaccinated
• 577,253 total cases
• 561,492 resolved cases
• In hospital due to COVID - 146 unvaccinated - 9 partially vaccinated - 29 fully vaccinated. ICU data - 115 unvaccinated - 10 partially vaccinated - 13 fully vaccinated
• 9,632 deaths (3 new)
• 34,365 tests completed Wednesday --- Over 17.63 million since January 15, 2020

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